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GC President Steve Dorman crowns the homecoming court victors at the men’s homecoming basketball game on Feb. 18.
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“And the floats were awesome.” “Definitely a great weekend,” Austin Taunton, a new transfer to GC this year, rocks out at GC’s
Along with the rest of her Alpha Delosantos said. Homecoming concert for the first time.
including the lack of sufficient parking said. “I think Mike is going to do a really The winners of the SGA elections were announced on Feb. 18 at the
and the need for expanded library hours. great job.” men’s homecoming basketball game.
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Busted
Date: Feb. 13
Case: A GC residence hall community advisor (CA) called public safety with concerns
about a room smelling like marijuana. The CA, who was notified by a dorm resident,
located the suspected room and took Sergeant Baker to it. Sergeant Baker knocked
on the door, and the resident opened it and consented to a room search. Inside, three
empty cans of beer, two full cans of beer, one empty beer bottle and one almost empty
bottle of whiskey were found, but no marijuana was found. Sergeant Baker explained
to the resident that he would not be given a ticket for the alcohol because the search
was initiated because of suspected marijuana use. Both residents of the dorm were
referred to Student Judicial for liquor law violations.
Drunk at centennial
Date: Feb. 13
Case: Officer Powell was dispatched to the Centennial Center in reference to a call
concerning a drunk man allegedly hitting another person. After making contact with
the man in question, Officer Powell learned that the man was trying to get away from
his cheerleading teammates. The man also denied hitting anyone. Officer Powell
could smell alcohol coming from the man’s breath, and he registered a .176 Brac on
the breath test. The person allegedly hit was not located by public safety. The man
was placed under arrest and transported to the Milledgeville jail, where he was issued
citations for public drunkenness and the underage possession of alcohol. The case has
been referred to Student Judicial.
A hit or miss?
Date: Feb. 14
Case: Public safety received a report of a witnessed hit-and-run in a GC parking lot.
Officer Purvis responded to the call and located both vehicles. The unattended one
that was reportedly hit showed signs of damage on the passenger-side front bumper,
and the vehicle seen hitting the parked vehicle was parked across the street. Officer
Purvis was unable to locate the vehicle owners and left notices on the windshield
for them to call. When the owner of the vehicle that was hit called, Officer Purvis
met her at the scene. While there, the other vehicle owner returned to her car. When
approached by the officer, she explained that she did not know for sure that she had hit
the parked car but thought she might have. Officer Purvis issued the woman a citation
for failure to report striking an unattended vehicle.
Driving drunk
Date: Feb. 17
Case: A SNAP officer requested the assistance of public safety when he noticed a
person recklessly driving through the parking lot of the Grove apartments. When
Officer Woodall arrived at the parking lot, he found the driver sitting in the vehicle
with his seatbelt on and the car in reverse. The driver denied driving the vehicle and
stated that he had been sitting in his car because he lost track of his friends while
when they were downtown. He admitted to having consumed alcohol that night. The
SNAP officer told Officer Woodall that he witnessed the man driving, and that he
approached the vehicle when it stopped to check on the driver, finding him passed
out behind the wheel. A field sobriety test was conducted on the driver, which he
struggled to complete, and he registered a .133 Brac on the breath test. The man was
placed under arrest for driving under the influence and for the underage possession of
alcohol.
SPorts
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Redshirt sophomore Chaz Berry goes up for a layup, as sophomore Isaac Thomas boxes out a defender in the Bobcats’ 69-65 loss.
The 1981 NAIA National Colonial Gymnastics Team (from left: Connie Brock, Jannelle Tucker, Karen Martin Thompson, Margarita Portilla, Kev-
onne Stouder McKinney) receive their Hall of Fame plaques, introduced by Coach Geza Martiny.
the support and the spirit. You could really Forward Ta’Asia Wright shoots a mid-range jump shot. Wright totaled eight rebounds in the 57-55 loss.
tell our players thrived off of it which is Thomas, a psychology and criminal justice our strategy very well. We kept their best even though we lost. It’s a teaching
really good.” double major. players at a minimum of points.” moment and it will make us go harder for
The back-and-forth game kept the Sophomore Shay Tarver, a biology McGriff led the Bobcats with 17 points, the next game.”
thousands of fans that filled the stands on major, agreed. “It made the game a lot followed by junior Brianna Davis with 12 Forward Dail Adaway, a freshman,
the edge of their seats. The fan’s excitement better for us. It gave us a lot more drive points. Sophomore Sydney Cleveland led
agreed. “I feel confident about the rest of
and Homecoming spirit kept the energy in and energy on the court.” the team in rebounds with nine, and Tarver
the season. It was a tough lost but I feel
the gym roaring. The Bobcats had the lead going into led the team with four assists.
we did everything we could do.”
“Sitting there on the bench and being on halftime but struggled in the second half as
This heartbreaking loss put the Lady
the court, hearing the fans yelling ‘Defense’ the Lakers scored 21 points to the Bobcats’
“I feel confident about
the rest of the season. Bobcats 9-9 in conference play and 15-10
was really cool,” said senior Christina 12. Junior Alyah McGriff tied the game
It was a tough lost but overall for the season, which puts them
back up with 20 seconds left with a jump I feel we did every-
in a playoff spot with one regular season
shot, but the Lakers stole the lead and the thing we could do.”
game remaining.
game with a layup with 1.4 seconds left.
Dail Adaway, “I feel good about the rest of the
“It was a back-and-forth game with Forward
season. We’re looking pretty good going
two hard-hitting teams. It’s unfortunate
into tournament play, we pretty much
someone had to lose that one because both Coach Smith said he is extremely proud
of how the team played overall, especially solidified,” Thomas said. “Essentially it’s
teams really played hard all the way to the
end,” said coach Smith. playing so well against a really good team 0-0 from here on out. Our record is erased,
The team’s strategy for this game was like Clayton State. so it’s win or go home.”
to play full force for the entire game and “This was a good step towards the rest On Feb. 22, the Bobcats will travel to
keep points off the board. of the season,” Tarver said. “Even though it Lander University in Greenwood, S.C.,
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Guard Veronica Ryan, a senior, “Our plan was to zone them and we did came down to a last second shot, the energy to take on the Bearcats to conclude their
shoots a free throw. we had the whole game was a positive,
that,” Thomas said. “I think we executed regular season play.
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Taste of
Milledgeville
GC Alumni chow down on local favorites
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“Wolverines, because doors open at 7
they are cool.” show starts at 8
$16 IN ADVANCE
-Harrison Savignano, $21 DAY OF SHOW
sophomore,
management major
The Marcus King Band
x marks the spot at homecoming performance of theirs was “Unsteady.” the concert, I do believe we might have bitten off more
Amy
Strang “I am sure this was a highlight for most of the crowd than we could chew, since we didn’t sell out of tickets this
@gcsunade because the audience was heard more than the band,” year,” said Reincher.
This weekend, students flocked to the Centennial Center
said Lawson. Reincher said that even though she had fun at the
for GC’s annual homecoming concert. The lineup this
Junior marketing major Mark Fisher said he liked the concert, she felt this year’s artists did not reach a wide
year featured indie-rock band Family and Friends, rapper
bands in the lineup, but that the artists did not complement enough demographic, and hopes that in the future the
Hoodie Allen and alternative group X Ambassadors. each other. lineup will cater to more than just one audience.
Student reactions to this year’s lineup were mixed. “The artists were stronger artists, but I think as a whole The act that stood out the most to Reincher was Family
Sophomore pre-nursing major Hailey Lawson said she they didn’t go well together,” said Fisher. and Friends. “They put a lot into their performances and
liked this year’s lineup much more than last year’s. Fisher said the lineup could have been better, but that are true musicians and entertainers,” Reincher said. “They
“Unlike my freshman year, I actually knew most of the it was better than his first homecoming concert at GC in are a Milledgeville classic.”
songs, which made the concert much more entertaining,” 2015. However, he enjoyed last year’s concert the most. Though the student response was mixed, the groups
Lawson said. For him, this year’s standout act was Hoodie Allen. certainly gained some new fans this weekend.
Lawson said her favorite act was the X Ambassadors “I have always been a fan, and it was good to see him “I would give time to listen to any of these artists in the
because they brought a commanding energy to the stage. live,” said Fisher. future,” Lawson said. “Last year I just nodded my head
The group performed their crowd-pleasing hits for the Senior community health major Christal Reincher said and stayed for the experience. This year I stayed because
massive group of students and Lawson said her favorite she found the lineup a bit overrated. “Though I enjoyed I was enjoying the lineup.”